A warm room, and time to say the true thing.
I'm Samar Farange. I offer counseling for adults, couples, teens, and families — including new parents and folks living between cultures. We go at your pace, and I'll be a real person with you in the room.
Nour means light in Farsi. Not a spotlight — the kind that comes in slowly, late in the day, and makes a room legible again.
Samar Farange
I became a therapist because I saw what happens when someone is finally listened to properly. Something in them settles. My work is to create that kind of space and then stay in it with you — warm, curious, and honest about what I notice.
I work with individuals, couples, teens, and families. Many of my clients arrive carrying something they have never been able to set down: anxiety that hums under everything, grief that came too early, or family expectations that no longer fit the life they are building.
Culture is often part of that story. If you grew up between languages, translating for your parents, or balancing two sets of expectations about who you are allowed to be, you are welcome here. You will not have to explain it from scratch.
Therapy works best when it feels like a real relationship, so I will tell you honestly what I think, and I will always leave room for you to disagree.
Five kinds of rooms
Individual adults
Weekly 50-minute sessions for anxiety, low mood, burnout, grief, self-worth, and the big turns — a move, a diagnosis, a divorce. Long-term work or a focused stretch; both are legitimate.
Couples
For partners stuck in the same argument, rebuilding after a betrayal or a hard year, or trying to decide honestly what comes next. 75 minutes, both of you talking to each other more than to me.
Teens
A space of their own, with clear boundaries about what stays private. I keep parents informed about the shape of the work without reporting on the contents of it.
Families
When the trouble lives between people rather than inside one of them. We look at the patterns, the loyalties, and the things everyone knows but no one says.
New & expecting parents
Pregnancy, birth, postpartum, loss, and the strange grief of a life reorganizing itself. Bring the baby if that's what makes it possible.
Immigrants & first-gen
Displacement, homesickness, obligation, and the quiet cost of being the one who translates. Belonging in two places, or feeling like you belong in neither.
Starting is the hardest part. So here is all of it.
Nothing about this should be a surprise. You'll know what happens, what it costs, and what I'll ask of you before you commit to anything.
A free 20-minute call
You tell me what's going on, I tell you how I'd think about it, and we both decide whether I'm the right fit. If I'm not, I'll say so and point you somewhere better.
The assessment (1–2 sessions)
History, context, and what you want to be different. By the end, we'll have named the work in plain language, together.
Then, ongoing
Usually weekly, same day and time, so it becomes something you don't have to decide about. Every couple of months we check whether it's working.
Plainly stated
I'm out of network, which means you pay me directly and I give you a superbill each month to submit to your insurer. Many PPO plans reimburse a meaningful portion of an out-of-network session. If cost is the thing standing in the way, say so on our call — I'd rather solve it than lose you to it.
Good to know
Things people ask before they call
How do I know if I need therapy? +
You don't need a crisis to qualify. If something has been sitting on you and talking to the people around you hasn't moved it, that's reason enough. The consult call exists partly so you can ask me this directly.
What actually happens in a session? +
We talk, but with more structure than a conversation with a friend. I'll ask questions, notice patterns out loud, and sometimes suggest something to try between sessions. You are never obligated to discuss something before you're ready.
How long will this take? +
Some people come for a few months around a specific difficulty. Others stay for years because the work keeps being useful. We'll revisit it regularly, and ending well is part of the work, not a failure of it.
Is what I say confidential? +
Yes, with the narrow legal exceptions I'm required to explain at the start: risk of serious harm to yourself or someone else, and suspected abuse of a child or vulnerable adult. I'll walk you through exactly what that means in our first session.
My teenager doesn't want to come. +
That's normal and workable. I usually start with a parent call, then meet them once with no expectation of a second. Most of the time the reluctance is about control, so I hand them as much of it as I can.
Are online sessions as good as in person? +
For most of what I treat, yes — the research is reassuring and my own experience matches it. What matters more is consistency and a private place to sit. Some family work does go better in the room.
Notes between sessions
When calming down isn't the goal
Why chasing calm can make anxiety louder, and what to aim for instead.
Honoring your parents and disappointing them
On duty, distance, and the false choice between the two.
The fourth trimester nobody prepares you for
What's ordinary after a birth, and what deserves help.
Start with a free 20-minute call.
Pick a day and time that works for you — the consult is free, and takes about 20 minutes.